Ministry of Law

The Ministry of Law plays the following key roles:
To formulate and review legal, intellectual property, land, insolvency, public trustee, moneylending, pawnbroking, legal aid and community mediation policies, as well as legislation and strategies under MinLaw's purview;
To provide legal and policy input for other Ministries' proposed Bills and programmes; and
To develop the legal services, alternative dispute resolution and intellectual property sectors.
To regulate and license all law practice entities and register foreign-qualified lawyers in Singapore.
The Ministry of Law's Community Legal Services Group handles matters relating to insolvency, public trustee, moneylending, pawnbroking, legal aid and community mediation.